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Indian Prairie School District #204Parent Diversity Advisory Council MeetingWednesday, March 12, 2013OUR FAMILIESOUR FRIENDSOUR NEIGHBORHOODSMY FAMILYMY FRIENDSMY NEIGHBORHOODOUR COMMUNITIESMY COMMUNITYOUR SCHOOLSMY SCHOOLOUR CLASSROOMSMY CLASSROOM
Religious diversity is a commonfeature of modern, multiculturalsocieties. To many people religion isintegral in defining their identity.
Iceberg model of diversityDiversity describes the spectrumof human similarities anddifferences. It refers to thecomposition of people associatedwith the organization.Inclusion on the other hand,describes the way an organizationconfigures opportunity,interaction, communication,information and decision-makingto utilize the potential of diversity.It refers to the organizationalenvironment.Achieving inclusion meanscreating the structures, policiesand practices in organizational-lifethat recognize the existence ofmultiple perspectives and signalthe importance of learning fromdifferences.Organizations might be diversewithout being inclusive.Vol 7, No 2 - January 2000 TheWorkplace Diversity Network
USATODAY OPINIONOn ReligionFaith. Religion. Spirituality. Meaning.In our ever-shrinking world, the tentacles of religiontouch everything from governmental policy to individualmorality to our basic social constructs. It affects thelives of people of great faith — or no faith at all.A series of weekly columns — launched in 2005 — seeks to illuminatethe national conversation.
Today, the United States is arguably the mostreligiously diverse place on the planet.Cultures and religious traditions that onceexisted “somewhere over there”, have movedbeyond the large cities of the U.S. into thesuburbs and the-suburbanization-religious-diversity
Diversity in DuPage is like a shift from vanilla to caramel fudge swirl, official saysby Molly BornMedill Reports ChicagoFeb 17, 2011DuPage County used to be vanilla.That’s according to Candace King, executivedirector of the DuPage Federation on HumanServices Reform, in Villa Park."I think it's the difference between vanilla andcaramel fudge swirl,” King said. “We're farmore complex than we used to ws.aspx?id 178902&print 1
Religion in Naperville, linois/napervilleReligionNaperville, ILUnited StatesPercent %Presbyterian2.81%1.63%Other 3%Islam6.52%0.84%
Faith Perspectives& DialogueHindu FaithRadhika Venkatesan, 3rd Grade Teacher, Builta Elementary Schoolradhika venkat@ipsd.orgMuslim FaithAsim Gaffar, Board member and youth group leader,Islamic Center of Napervilleasimg25@gmail.comJewish FaithFran Kraemer & Lisa Ohlhausenflkraemer@gmail.comCongregation Beth Shalom, Napervillelohlhausen@yahoo.comInterfaithKaren Sharpe, Samaritan Center for Congregationssharpe@wideopenwest.comInterfaithLana Cromwell Jones, Educatorlcrom411@yahoo.com“The Peace Tree” - Member of the Adult Jury at the ChicagoInternational Children’s Film Festival -
The Peace Tree (play this clip)
director of the DuPage Federation on Human Services Reform, in Villa Park. "I think it's the difference between vanilla and caramel fudge swirl,” King said. “We're far more complex than we used to be." Diversity in DuPage is like a shift from vanilla to caramel fudge swirl, offici
